The Lagos State Government has ordered a coroner’s inquest in the killing of a 14-year-old teenage trader, Jumoke Oyeleke, who was shot by a police operatives dispersing Yoruba Nation demonstrators in the Ojota area of Lagos on Saturday.

This was disclosed in a statement commiserating with the family of the deceased, signed by the Commissioner of Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN).

The statement read, “A Coroner’s Inquest has immediately been requested in line with section 14 and 15 of the Coroners’ Systems Law, Laws of Lagos State 2015, to determine the cause and circumstances of death.”

“By Section 14(1) (d) of the Coroners’ System Law of the State: “A report of death shall be made to any of the agencies for the report of death or the office of the Coroner and be subject to post-mortem examination where there is reasonable cause to believe that the cause of death was: violent, unnatural or suspicious.”

“Section 15(1) and (9) further enjoins the Coroner to hold an inquest whenever he or she is informed that the death of the deceased person was in a violent, unnatural or suspicious situation or believes an inquest is desirable following the report of a reportable death.”,

The government also concluded that the findings of the investigation will be made public and appropriate sanctions meted out to anyone found culpable.

Peoples Gazette reported on Saturday that hundreds of agitators for the Yoruba Nation trooped to the Gani Fawehinmi Park in Ojota, Lagos in spite of threats and heavy presence of men of the Nigeria Police, Army, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other security agencies.